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Virginia State Senate
Emily Jordan
State Senate — District 17
Republican
RESOLUTE Citizen Score
86
/ 100
B
Raw: 24 of 28 dynamic max
· 14 of 49 answered
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✝ God First
20/ 70
🏛️ State First
4/ 30
National Rank
#4,230 of 8,972 · top 47.1% among candidates with at least one scored answer
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Next Election
November 2, 2027
Primary · Not up at next scheduled election
— until
Registration deadline: 2026-10-13
Early voting: 2026-09-18 – 2026-10-31
Elections office: (804) 864-8901
Voter status: Check registration
State elections site: Virginia Department of Elections
Official Profile
Religion: Baptist
Education: Regent University
Birthplace: Wyandot County, Ohio (raised in Suffolk, Virginia)
Background: VA State Senator, SD-17, sitting since Jan 2024; former Delegate HD-64 (2018-2024). Small-business owner (wine shop/restaurant), first-responder trainer; Windsor Ruritan. Undergrad Regent University. Married (née Brewer).
VA State Senator, SD-17, sitting since Jan 2024 (former Delegate HD-64). [2026-06 RESOLUTE refinement, state tier] Genuinely conservative HARD record (Family Foundation report card 95% pro-family, 18 of 19 votes) with ONE notable deviation. KEY DEVIATION (verified, LIS roll call): voted YES on HJ3, the same-sex-marriage constitutional amendment (Senate 26-13, 01/16/2026), one of ~5 Republicans crossing over — biblical_marriage q0/q1 FALSE. On the same day she held the conservative line on the other two amendments: NO on HJ1 (abortion) and NO on HJ2 (felon voting), so the marriage vote is a deliberate, isolated break, not a moderate drift. Pro-life voting (NO HJ1); pro-parental-notification (NO on SB19/HB1499 narrowing the explicit-material notice law; YES SB817; YES SB778 obscene-material-to-minor penalty); YES HB131 (religious accommodations in higher ed); fiscal-conservative (NO on the $15 minimum wage SB1); election-integrity (NO on expanded Sunday absentee SB438, NO on felon restoration); pro-police (NO on SB352 restricting LEO, YES SB55/SB111 penalties, NO on SB60 parole expansion); anti-sanctuary (NO on SB783/HB1441 ICE-restriction bills); strongly pro-2A (NO on assault-weapons ban SB749, red-flag SB495, storage mandate SB348).
Category Breakdown
Candidate affirms life begins at conception and personhood from conception
1 claim
Voted NO on SJ247 (January 21, 2025), the Virginia Senate's constitutional amendment to create an unlimited 'right to reproductive freedom.' All 19 Senate Republicans cast NO votes, including Jordan, rejecting the amendment that would have removed all state authority to protect unborn life from conception.
- Virginia Legislative Information SystemOfficial
- BallotpediaCenter
Candidate has voted for or sponsored state legislation moving toward abortion abolition (e.g., heartbeat ban, total ban) — not merely restrictions
Not yet verified
Candidate opposes state funding for embryonic stem-cell research and supports state IVF embryo-protection laws
Not yet verified
Candidate opposes state physician-assisted suicide laws and opposes state Medicaid death-panel rationing
Not yet verified
Candidate has never accepted abortion-industry PAC funding for state-legislative or statewide-office campaigns
Not yet verified
Candidate affirms marriage as exclusively the lifelong union of one man and one woman as instituted by God
FALSE (0)[3]
Candidate opposes state recognition of same-sex marriage / civil unions / domestic partnerships, and supports state non-recognition resolutions where federally permitted
FALSE (0)[3]
Candidate has voted for state legislation affirming biological sex (bathroom/locker access, sports participation, minor gender-procedure bans)
Not yet verified
Candidate supports state no-fault divorce reform and pro-marriage policy (covenant marriage option, waiting periods, etc.)
Not yet verified
Candidate opposes promotion of LGBTQ+ identity in state-funded schools, state agencies, and state corporate-partnership programs
Not yet verified
Candidate has voted for state school-choice (vouchers, ESAs, charter expansion) and supports state homeschool freedom statutes
Not yet verified
Candidate has voted for state law requiring parental notification + consent on minors' medical, mental-health, and gender interventions (incl. school counseling referrals)
Candidate has voted for state law restricting CRT/SOGI/comprehensive-sex-ed/gender-ideology curricula in K-12
TRUE (+2)[4]
Candidate has voted for state age-verification laws on pornographic content and state criminal penalties for sexualizing minors
TRUE (+2)[6]
Candidate has voted for state RFRA-style protections for faith-based adoption + foster agencies; opposes state-mandated SS-couple placement
Not yet verified
Candidate affirms the right to publicly profess Christ in all spheres (workplace, military, public office, schools)
Not yet verified
Candidate has voted for state conscience-exemption laws (state RFRA, medical-professional carve-outs, business-owner protections)
TRUE (+2)[7]
Candidate opposes state-level pronoun mandates + state 'hate speech' laws restricting Christian conviction
Not yet verified
Candidate supports state public-square Christian display protections + state legislative prayer + state Sunday-closure laws
Not yet verified
Candidate opposes state-funded promotion of non-Christian religious displays/curricula/holidays in state institutions
Not yet verified
Candidate has voted for state law protecting cash as legal tender, opposing state-level CBDC pilot programs, and protecting crypto-as-property status
Not yet verified
Candidate supports sound-money policies including gold/silver as constitutional money and audit/abolition of the Federal Reserve
N/A · out of tier
Candidate has voted for state balanced-budget compliance + opposed state borrowing for non-capital expenditures
TRUE (+2)[8]
Candidate has voted for state usury caps + state predatory-lending protections + state charitable-deduction parity
Not yet verified
Candidate has voted for state pension/treasury divestment from ESG-aligned funds (e.g., BlackRock) + state anti-monopoly enforcement against financial cartels
Not yet verified
Candidate (state SoS/legislature) has voted for state hand-count requirements / opposed electronic voting machines
Not yet verified
Candidate (state SoS/legislature) has voted for state photo voter ID + citizenship verification at registration
Not yet verified
Candidate has voted to restrict state early-voting windows + tighten state absentee qualifications to verified medical/military
Not yet verified
Candidate has voted against state mass mail-in voting expansion, against state drop-box deployment, and against legalizing ballot harvesting
TRUE (+2)[9]
Candidate (state SoS/legislature) has voted to ban state acceptance of private election grants ('Zuckerbucks') + state penalties for foreign interference
Not yet verified
Candidate (state) has voted for state-funded border-security measures (e.g., TX Operation Lone Star analog, AZ wall expansion)
Not yet verified
Candidate (state) has voted for state laws requiring local cooperation with ICE deportation enforcement
Not yet verified
Candidate (state) has voted to preempt or punish sanctuary-city policies + ban state cities from declaring sanctuary status
TRUE (+2)[10]
Candidate (state) has voted for state E-Verify mandate (beyond federal floor) for state employers + state-benefit eligibility verification
Not yet verified
Candidate (state) has voted to restrict foreign ownership of state farmland (e.g., China-buyer prohibitions)
Not yet verified
Candidate supports constitutional carry without permit requirements
Not yet verified
Candidate (state) has voted against state red-flag laws, mag-capacity limits, AWBs, and registries (or voted to repeal where enacted)
1 claim
Voted NO on SB749 (February 2026), Virginia's assault-firearms ban prohibiting the sale, purchase, manufacture, and transfer of semi-automatic centerfire rifles with detachable magazines and certain features, along with magazines over 15 rounds. Jordan joined all Senate Republicans in opposing the measure on Second Amendment grounds; the bill passed 21-19 on a party-line vote.
- Virginia Legislative Information SystemOfficial
- Virginia MercuryLean Left
Candidate (state) has voted for state constitutional-carry statute
Not yet verified
Candidate (state) has voted against state universal-background-check schemes
Not yet verified
Candidate (state) has voted to enact / strengthen state Castle Doctrine + stand-your-ground statute
Not yet verified
Candidate has publicly backed law enforcement and opposed defunding/dismantling police
TRUE (+2)[13]
Candidate opposes cashless-bail, soft-on-crime, and rogue-prosecutor (e.g. Soros-DA) policy
TRUE (+2)[14]
Candidate refuses to treat violent crime as a "public health" excuse to avoid punishment
Not yet verified
Candidate affirms the magistrate's God-ordained duty to bear the sword (Rom. 13:4)
Not yet verified
Official has voted for or sponsored 10th-Amendment nullification or anti-commandeering measures
Not yet verified
Official has declined unconstitutional federal mandates or federal strings on the state
Not yet verified
Official has resisted federal overreach on guns, life, education, or religious liberty
Not yet verified
Official affirms state sovereignty against unconstitutional federal action
Not yet verified
Official has opposed federal capture of state elections, data, or land
Not yet verified
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reportcard.familyfoundation.org/senate-voting-record/Right Advocacy
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References & footnotes
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- [1]Voted NO on HJ1, the reproductive-freedom constitutional amendment (party-line R NO bloc, 01/16/2026); Family Foundation 95% pro-family. Official
Voted NO on HJ1, the reproductive-freedom constitutional amendment (party-line R NO bloc, 01/16/2026); Family Foundation 95% pro-family.
- [2]Voted NO on HJ1, the reproductive-freedom constitutional amendment (party-line R NO bloc, 01/16/2026); Family Foundation 95% pro-family. Right Advocacy
Voted NO on HJ1, the reproductive-freedom constitutional amendment (party-line R NO bloc, 01/16/2026); Family Foundation 95% pro-family.
- [3]DEVIATION: voted YES on HJ3, the same-sex-marriage constitutional amendment (Senate 26-13, 01/16/2026), one of ~5 Republicans crossing over — does not affirm marriage as one man and one woman. Official
DEVIATION: voted YES on HJ3, the same-sex-marriage constitutional amendment (Senate 26-13, 01/16/2026), one of ~5 Republicans crossing over — does not affirm marriage as one man and one woman.
- [4]Voted NO on SB19/HB1499 (which narrow the parental-notification law by excluding library books) and YES on SB817 (parental notice of course-registration) — supports parental notification. Official
Voted NO on SB19/HB1499 (which narrow the parental-notification law by excluding library books) and YES on SB817 (parental notice of course-registration) — supports parental notification.
- [5]Voted NO on SB19/HB1499 (which narrow the parental-notification law by excluding library books) and YES on SB817 (parental notice of course-registration) — supports parental notification. Official
Voted NO on SB19/HB1499 (which narrow the parental-notification law by excluding library books) and YES on SB817 (parental notice of course-registration) — supports parental notification.
- [6]Voted YES on SB778, making display of obscene material to a minor unlawful (penalty). Official
Voted YES on SB778, making display of obscene material to a minor unlawful (penalty).
- [7]Voted YES on HB131, requiring public higher-ed institutions to reasonably accommodate students' religious beliefs/observances — conscience exemption for students. Official
Voted YES on HB131, requiring public higher-ed institutions to reasonably accommodate students' religious beliefs/observances — conscience exemption for students.
- [8]Voted NO on SB1/HB1 ($15 minimum wage) and NO on related wage mandates — fiscal-restraint posture. Official
Voted NO on SB1/HB1 ($15 minimum wage) and NO on related wage mandates — fiscal-restraint posture.
- [9]Voted NO on SB438 (expanding in-person absentee voting to additional Sundays) and NO on ERIC membership (SB57/SB52) — opposes mass mail-in / early-voting expansion. Official
Voted NO on SB438 (expanding in-person absentee voting to additional Sundays) and NO on ERIC membership (SB57/SB52) — opposes mass mail-in / early-voting expansion.
- [10]Voted NO on SB783/HB1441 (restricting local law-enforcement cooperation with ICE) — opposed sanctuary-style limits, pro federal-enforcement cooperation. Official
Voted NO on SB783/HB1441 (restricting local law-enforcement cooperation with ICE) — opposed sanctuary-style limits, pro federal-enforcement cooperation.
- [11]Voted NO on the assault-firearms/magazine ban (SB727/SB749), red-flag orders (SB495/HB901), and the storage mandate (SB348). Official
Voted NO on the assault-firearms/magazine ban (SB727/SB749), red-flag orders (SB495/HB901), and the storage mandate (SB348).
- [12]Voted NO on the assault-firearms/magazine ban (SB727/SB749), red-flag orders (SB495/HB901), and the storage mandate (SB348). Official
Voted NO on the assault-firearms/magazine ban (SB727/SB749), red-flag orders (SB495/HB901), and the storage mandate (SB348).
- [13]Voted NO on SB352 (restricting law-enforcement officers from wearing facial coverings) — backed police against a restriction. Official
Voted NO on SB352 (restricting law-enforcement officers from wearing facial coverings) — backed police against a restriction.
- [14]Voted NO on SB60 (expanding Parole Board powers / juvenile parole) — opposed sentencing leniency. Official
Voted NO on SB60 (expanding Parole Board powers / juvenile parole) — opposed sentencing leniency.
- [15]Voted YES on SB55 (sex offenders barred near children, penalty) and SB778 (obscene material to a minor) — proportional punishment. Official
Voted YES on SB55 (sex offenders barred near children, penalty) and SB778 (obscene material to a minor) — proportional punishment.
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